Acer Unveils 2016 Back-to-School Product Line and New Business
Progress at next@acer Event in New York

April 21, 2016 12:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Acer today unveiled its 2016 back-to-school product line and updated the
progress from its new businesses division at the next@acer global press
conference in New York.

Acer is pursuing multiple growth engines of its core business, while
exploring new market domains to broaden its business boundaries as it
transforms to become a hardware + software + services company. To
energize and accelerate this transformation, Acer announced the
expansion across its high-octane Predator gaming series, new consumer
notebooks including 2-in-1s and convertibles, commercial portfolio,
Chromebook, and more for the back-to-school season.

“I’m excited to unveil the fruits of our corporate transformation,” said
Jason Chen, corporate president and CEO of Acer. “With new innovations
from our core business of IT products, we’ve also made progress in our
new business expansion with the industry’s first cycling computer with
intelligent video recording applications built-in.”

2-in-1, Ultra-slim and Convertible Notebook Innovations

The Switch
Alpha 12 takes Acer’s popular 2-in-1 series to a new level of
innovation with the company’s proprietary liquid cooling technology that
allows for silent and reliable operation in an ultra-slim design as it
requires no fan inside. The ultra-slim S series now offers the best
fusion of performance and build at a highly desirable price with the Aspire
S 13; while Acer also unveiled its thinnest 15-inch 360-degree
convertible with the Aspire R 15.

Additions to Award-winning Predator Gaming Line

New to Acer’s powerful and award-winning Predator
gaming line include the Predator 17 X notebook and Predator G1
desktop. These gaming PCs are ready for virtual reality (VR) devices
from four major vendors: Oculus, HTC Vive, OSVR and StarVR. Exciting
innovations such as a custom triple-fan cooling system that enables
astonishing performance from desktop-grade components in the Predator 17
X allow gamers to enjoy industry-leading performance in portable gaming
machines.

“Acer’s Predator gaming line has received highly positive reviews from
gaming experts all over the world,” added Chen. “And we are on track
with a bright start with our gaming desktop growth rate more than
tripling the industry average year-on-year in the first two months of
this year for shipments.”

Expansion across Entire Commercial Line-up

Acer showcased its new commercial line-up across notebooks, desktops,
and monitors, including the new 15-inch TravelMate P658, the
latest member of the award-winning P6 commercial notebook family. It
features the latest 802.11ad gigabit Wi-Fi technology from Qualcomm
Atheros, Inc. which can deliver speeds up to 4.6 Gbps and enable a
seamless, wired-equivalent productivity environment, connecting the
notebook to multiple displays, networking and other I/O ports, through
the Acer ProDock Wireless.

The Veriton N series is refreshed with the new N6640G and N4640G
commercial desktops, combining flexibility, security, and manageability
in a compact 1-liter form factor. It is expandable with a modular design
with graphics card, optical drive, and I/O expansion options available.
It works perfectly alongside the new Acer BE0 series commercial
monitors, which features a ZeroFrame design with a narrow frame on all
four sides of the display.

New Businesses Progress

On course in its transformation into a hardware + software + services
company, Acer announced the industry’s first cycling computer with video
recording capabilities, the Xplova X5, an integrated hardware, software
and services solution designed for the growing cycling enthusiast market
and community. Acer acquired the GPS cycling computer brand, Xplova,
last September as part of its plan to explore and expand business
boundaries and into sports services. The Xplova X5 records cyclists’
journeys and allows them to sync, store, and share favorite cycling
routes, places of interests in the cloud and on social media. It is an
example of Acer’s “BeingWare” for the era of the Internet of Beings, or
IoT with intelligence, that understands, serves and grows with
consumers’ needs.

To find out about availability, product specifications and prices in
specific markets, please contact your nearest Acer office or retailer
via www.acer.com.
Exact specifications, prices, and availability will vary by region. For
more information about next@acer, visit acer.com/nextatacer.

About Acer

Established in 1976, Acer is a hardware + software + services
company dedicated to the research, design, marketing, sale, and support
of innovative products that enhance people's lives. Acer's product
offerings include PCs, displays, projectors, servers, tablets,
smartphones and wearables. It is also developing cloud solutions to
bring together the Internet of Things. Acer is celebrating its 40th
anniversary in 2016 and is one of the world’s top 5 PC companies. It
employs 7,000 people worldwide and has a presence in over 160 countries.
Please visit www.acer.com
for more information.